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Updated May 21, 2011 12:01 a.m. ET

13Ds are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 10 days of an entity's attaining a greater than 5% position in any class of a company's securities. Subsequent changes in holdings or intentions must be reported in amended filings. This material has been extracted from filings released by the SEC from May 12 through May 18. Source: InsiderScore.com

KSA Capital Management disclosed that its founder and principal, Daniel Khoshaba, had spoken with AEP's CEO, Paul Feeney, on May 12, with the aim of convincing the company to work with KSA to find a private buyer. KSA says that Khoshaba agrees with it that the best way to maximize shareholder value is to take the company private.

Another large shareholder, JMB Capital Partners, has thrown its support behind maximizing value, which it said in a filing could include a going-private transaction, or the sale of shares to a party supporting one.

Majority owner Comverse Technologies said that it wants a majority of Verint's directors to be Comverse representatives. Currently, half of the nominees (four out of eight) for the next board election are Comverse officers, but the company wants to up that to five or more.

Smith Management disclosed that, on May 11, Visteon had agreed to expand its board size from eight members to 10 members and to appoint two new directors from a pool selected by Smith.

Earlier, Smith had said that it would nominate a slate of directors after its recommendation to expand the board was rejected in late April. Now, Smith will vote for Visteon's nominees at the June annual meeting.

Oaktree Capital Management owns 23,091,811 shares (16.6%). The shares are held in the form of one-for-one convertible warrants granted in exchange for a $200 million loan to General Maritime, as part of a credit agreement.

Business: Human-resource management services Stock-Market Value: $163 million ($15.97/share) What's Happening: Kimberly Sherertz proposed expanding Barrett's board from six to nine members. She would take one of the three new director positions, and the remaining two would be filled by persons she recommends who have senior management experience.

Key Numbers: 26.2%: percentage of common stock controlled by Kimberly Sherertz. 71.5%: percentage of shares that voted in last year's director election.

Behind the Scenes: Kimberly Sherertz is the widow of William W. Sherertz and the personal representative of his estate. William W. Sherertz was the former president, CEO and chairman of the company from 1980 until his death on Jan. 20. He built the company into what it is today and was very well-liked by the stockholders, consistently receiving very few withhold votes for his re-election as a director. His estate is the company's largest stockholder and, since his death, has no representation on the board.

The company should work amicably with the estate to give it board representation because of the past relationship with Sherertz and because the estate would almost certainly win a proxy fight.

In addition to the estate's holdings, Sherertz's first wife, Nancy, owns 8.3% of the common stock. If she supports the estate in a proxy fight, it would have 34.5% of the votes before even soliciting proxies.

Kimberly Sherertz has retained D.A. Davidson & Co. as financial advisor to assist the estate in monitoring and evaluating its investment in the company.

-- Kenneth Squire

This item is by 13D Monitor, a research firm specializing in shareholder activism and 13D filings. For a full report, go to www.13DMonitor.com or call Kenneth Squire at 1-212-223-2282.